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About Christopher

Christopher Landauer is a fifth generation Colorado native and second generation Border Collie enthusiast. Border Collies have been the Landauer family dogs since the 1960s and Christopher got his first one as a toddler. He began his own modest breeding program with the purchase of Dublin and Celeste in 2006 and currently shares his home with their children Mercury and Gemma as well. His interest in genetics began in AP Chemistry and AP Biology and was honed at Stanford University.

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Letters from the Front Line:

Miss Cellany: Free radicals are a real cause of cancer though (in dogs and in humans), and dog food IS actually rubbish for your pet to eat. It’s like feeding your child vitamin enriched cereal day in day out with no other...

Miss Cellany: My border collie hates the water – won’t go near it. He hates getting wet full stop. If it’s raining, even if he really needs to pee, he’ll refuse to go outside and needs to be dragged out…...

Kathy: Christopher this topic of HD has come up several times in the last few weeks. I went back into the Archives to reread your article. Honestly, did not know there were so many that know nothing about training for Obedience, Agility...

commonsense: Who sticks their face in the face of a dog that doesn’t know them? Mine would eat you alive. Use common sense people. A dog kissing booth? Are you all 3 yrs old? If your that dumb you deserve to have you face ripped...

Bob: Ugh, I don’t know why so many German Shepherd breeders breed them like that. I think it looks terrible! Are they blind? Do they actually think this looks normal?! The back is hunched, legs dragging down and hocks on the...

collielover: You think Wyndlair kennels is done breeding, think again. They were present at the Collie Club of America 2015 National Specialty and won the trophy for the top winning blue rough in 2014. Funny they list Tailesin Collies...

collielover: You think Wyndlair kennels is done breeding, think again. They were present at the Collie Club of America 2015 National Specialty and won the trophy for the top winning blue rough in 2014. Funny they list Tailesin Collies...

Kathy: Christopher could not resist sharing this with everyone. They are asking the collie to smile. These days we all need a good laugh ..well I think it is a humorous. I realize my sense of humor can be a little off ....

Kathy: Chick no problem because honestly doing some learning here. I was aware of the Guard Dogs which are numerous worldwide used with more traditional Herding Collie types by tradition. It is believed that livestock protection dog...

UrbanCollieChick: FWIW I was trying to delete my statement but I guess that didn’t happen, even though it said “Delete?”. The reason I wanted to do so was because I re-read your statement and realized you were...

Kathy: Oh well Chick shows how much I knew …seems these Bull Dog Catahoula mixes have been going on for 100 years. Strange Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog called “King of the Stock Dogs,” is stated to belong on a farm...